Fall is the time of year when trout begin their transition from the outer bays and journey into the interior marshes. This is great news for kayakers, as limits of trout will be within easy reach of these people-powered craft.[…]
What makes four-leaf clovers so lucky is that they’re so difficult to find. You could pick an entire acre of clovers one by one and still not stumble on the lucky one that has four leaves instead of three.[…]
At 38 years old, Donavon Hinton has been around Lafitte fishermen long enough to have picked up a few tricks of the trade. He gained most of his insight when fishermen would return with their catches to his parents’ C-Way Marina.[…]
Although Capt. Jason Shilling believes November is his last best opportunity to catch lots of redfish before the wintertime slowdown, he has fished long enough to know that some Louisiana Novembers aren’t that much different than Louisiana Septembers.[…]
“November is probably the very best month of the year to target redfish out in the Reggio area, followed closely by October,” the voice said on the other end of the phone.[…]
The Good Lord gave us a glorious sunrise, the glowing orb back-lighting a cloud in the eastern sky that looked for all the world like an angel in flight. I snapped a few photos as the sun slowly nibbled away the cloud bank.[…]
The fish causing all the excitement are really not striped bass; they’re hybrid stripers, incapable of reproduction save for the intervention of man.[…]
Kevin Beasley of Ruston was reared in Slidell down in redfish country. He loved to catch redfish, and he also loved them on the table.[…]
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
Despite what Mother Nature had planned, 78 trout were caught and tagged during last weekend’s inaugural Louisiana Saltwater Series Fall Trout Tournament on Lake Pontchartrain, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
It was so early in the morning, I couldn’t even see the fluorescent-orange cork that my fishing partner, Eric Dumas, had threaded onto my braided line.[…]
Like any other non-migratory critter, each largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction each year.[…]
When the Mississippi River starts getting lower, the water gets cooler and the river current starts getting slower in October, Capt. Larry Averitt (225.268.9616) says the specks and reds start moving up the river and feeding better.[…]
Steve Herbison and Eddie Permenter both know that Venice is a great jumping-off point for hot ling fishing action.[…]
Gov. Bobby Jindal told the American Sportfishing Association yesterday (Oct. 13) that Louisiana’s fishing is as good as ever and that the state’s seafood has shown no ill effects from 2010’s BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[…]